Y 5i6 o a Cor.r i.8i9. P Mat .t 5.21,17. e Matk.t o. 48. t Exod.3s. to. fGen.32.. z6. t Píofh.c s.4. * Bernard. de . Qaúr-grffcr.5 a CRAP. 5. An Expofition vpon the frr. ft VE&. 17. derat poffnlarr. And of frequency in prayer, thus. It is next to beconfidered; char, In paying, the Lord regxires not only fregneney, bat even vnwearicd importuni- ty; that though after long fait we obtaine nor, yet fo wee One not ouer; to this (cope aimes the Parable of the pore Widow, and vnrightcoes fridge. Examples are fre- quent : 0 P A v L prayes thrice, that is often, though at length all he obtaines is,not deüuerance,but fis jteetatian. The P woman of Canaan is not difcouraged, neither with reafons, nor with reproches. 9 The blind man checked for his clamoroufnelrç,criet with more infiance. D A. van s tier fade withwaiting, yet renewes he his devotion. Mo- pes after a fort forceth the Lord; info much that he cranes dim;flion, r Let me alone. Domine gu c tenet te? faith a Father. Surely üYf %, his inf?fance and importunitie. IA C o B wrefilet with the Angell, and profefreth his refo lution, f not to let himgoe vntill heble f f- him. That wreft- ling Hofkea reams tot interpret of Prayer. This precept oppofc wee againfl that temptation, which fometimes Satan, fometimes our owne weake- netfe, fuggefls to make vswca y of praying: beeaufe we prcfently obtaine not, what we pray for. A temptati- on frequent, and with many preualenr, to hinder in- fiance in praying blelìngs :matt cxccllenr,and necefarie to faluarion. I fay,as Bernard ; x Though God delay his grant, yet let no man flcightiy cftecmc his prayers; for I tell you, hee whom wee pray vnto, doth not lightly eflecme them. This once wee haue affurance, that God will grant vs, either what we pray for : or what hee, in more wifdóme, fees more expedient for vs, if wee faint not. To this end confider wee, Firfl, the caufes why. our prayers haue not prefent audience; they arc tome in our felues,and manner of praying; fome in the matter of our petitions : tome iu the Lord, that denies vs audience. Firf, Sometimes our owne indifpofition to receive, caufeth
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